In Queensland, the Supreme and District Courts are now closed for the holiday period, set to reopen on 29 January 2024. As the year ends, we look back on the decisions reported in 2023 with respect to claims for personal injuries. In total, there were only 6 reported personal injury court decisions that had gone … Read more
In Queensland, the Supreme and District Courts are now closed for the holiday period, set to reopen in mid-late January 2023. We look back on the decisions reported in 2022 with respect to claims for personal injuries. In total, there were only 8 reported personal injury court decisions that had gone through a proper trial. … Read more
We look back on decisions made in the Supreme Court of Queensland for 2021 with respect to claims for personal injuries. In total, decisions for only 8 trials were reported. Other trials for personal injury claims may have been held in 2021 but unless the judgment was included in an official law report series, they … Read more
In 2018, Roche Legal assisted a client claim compensation when an unauthorised person entered his property and mistakenly shot and killed a prize bull which was being raised and groomed for competition and sire purposes. In 2018, a client of Roche Legal was living on leased farmland and raised cattle. In particular, the farmer was … Read more
The Accident In 2019, a client of ROCHE Legal in their late 50’s was working as a disability support worker. The support worker was unfortunately injured at work when assisting an elderly resident in a well-known disability support and aged care facility take a shower. Specifically, the injury occurred when the support worker slipped in … Read more
If you have been injured at work and made a workers compensation claim, you will ultimately learn that your weekly benefits are not going to be paid forever. Eventually, the workers compensation insurer (usually Workcover Queensland) will close out your claim by sending you to an independent medical examination (or for psychiatric injuries – to … Read more
The general principle of damages is that a plaintiff who has been injured by the negligence of a defendant should be awarded such sum of money as will (as nearly as possible) put them in the same position as if they had not been injured. A damages claim is not a free-ride, or a ticket … Read more
Payouts for personal injury claims are generally kept confidential and are usually only public knowledge if a judge determines the appropriate amount. In Queensland, the largest personal injury claim is around $20 million dollars for a heart-breaking and serious brain injury where the claimant required constant care and assistance for the remainder of his life. … Read more